Hawaii earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 20 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 20 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Dec 9, 1983, 5:26 PM HST (03:26 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 13 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-12-10 03:26:31 UTC
Depth
9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.390° N, 155.426° W
Region
Hawaii
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
32°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.413 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15596 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15596 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.217 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.824 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 1.811 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 1.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.822 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.830 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 1.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 1.821 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 3.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 1.911 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  23. 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 3.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 1.921 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 2.410 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 1.813 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 2.012 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  33. 1.917 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 3.216 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 2.125 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.517 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  38. 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  40. 1.914 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  41. 2.68 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  46. 2.112 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 1.721 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  48. 1.813 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 1.910 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 1.69 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 2.013 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  52. 2.110 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  53. 1.820 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 2.726 km SSE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 1.812 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 2.111 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 2.310 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  59. 2.012 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 1.914 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19834059. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC.